1925 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1925 between Footscray and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts with Vic Samson as vice-captain. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Con McCarthy and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

Footscray (5.13.43) were defeated by Essendon (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 August 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 5.13.43 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 2 2 . 7 2 . 9 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Essendon 3 . 5 4 . 5 8 . 9 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin ESSE by 21 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Vic Samson
Coach: Con McCarthy

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Clissold, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Croft, Joshua ? ? 0 ?
26 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Gibb, Rupert ? ? 0 ?
31 Griffiths, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
29 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 1 ?
14 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
30 McIntyre, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
10 O'Brien, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
4 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Punch, Les ? ? 1 ?
8 Rudd, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic (vc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Thompson, Sid ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Adam, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
23 Dick, Dave ? ? 1 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 1 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince ? ? 1 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 2 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George ? ? 1 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 15

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s